GENERAL CABLES.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 August 1924, Page 5

GENERAL CABLES.

GREEK FLEET OUT OF (SERVICE. BY CABLE— PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. ATHENS, Aug. 23. Owing to political agitations by officers and a threatened mutiny. Cabinet has ordered the laying up of the fleet. The crews have been paid off and granted extended leave. MEMORIAL TO MICHAEL COLLINS. LONDON, Aug. 22. In the presence of Mr. Cosgrave and a large number of troops, General O’Duffy unveiled a beautiful Celtic cross at Bealnablatli, where Mr. Michael Collins was mortally wounded. DISPUTE SETTLED. LONDON, Aug. 22. The stoppage of building trade operations, which has lasted since the beginning of July, was settled this afternoon, when tlie men accepted the employers’ terms of settlement, providing for a halfpenny an hour advance in the wages of all craftsmen and labourers, the advance to be stabilised until February, 1926. The summer working hours, beginning in 1925, are to be 46. t weekly. The question of lost time is to be referred to a joint committee. A FABRICATION. NEW YORK, Aug. 23. The floating cabaret ship, which was reported to be beyond the twelve-mile limit, off New York, and the scene of hilarious drinking parties, is admitted to be a myth by the papers which printed the story. The reporter responsible has been dismissed from the staff.